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Tag: Social Media

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 19, 2023November 19, 2024

sticks + stones

Categories: PhilosophyTags: bullying, Social Media, sticks and stones
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 19, 2023November 19, 2024

On the values of trust and kindness

The following political comment is from a newspaper editorial of this time last year:

Categories: Medical humanities, PhilosophyTags: kindness, professional values, Social Media
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 19, 2023November 19, 2024

The other me

This passage [which I have edited] by Gabriel García Márquez  was written well before the advent of social media, but seems remarkably prescient: From time to time I become aware that … Continue reading The other me

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, StigmaTags: Gabriel García Márquez, Social Media, the other me
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 12, 2023March 16, 2025

Not a true picture.

I recently received a message that included this sentence: I replied to the sender: There is a need to correct this view. The truth is that UK psychiatry is enmeshed … Continue reading Not a true picture.

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: narrative controllers, Paid opinion leaders, Pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Samei Huda, Social Media
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 12, 2023November 19, 2024

“We strive to uphold everyday”

I am a number of  years retired as a psychiatrist. The above screenshot was shared with me [I am not on social media]. I have no idea of what this … Continue reading “We strive to uphold everyday”

Categories: Medical humanities, Psychiatry, StigmaTags: core values for psychiatrists, professional values, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Social Media, social media polices
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 3, 2023November 19, 2024

formerly known as

Categories: History of medicine, Medical humanities, PsychiatryTags: professional values, Social Media, Twitter
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 17, 2023November 19, 2024

Now called ‘X’

Amanda Abington, 9 August 2023, The Guardian.

Categories: Medical humanities, PhilosophyTags: professional values, Social Media
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 2, 2023November 19, 2024

“For doctors on social media”

This opinion by Daniel Sokol was published in the BMJ, 26 July 2023:

Categories: British Medical Journal, History of medicine, Medical humanities, PsychiatryTags: British Medical Journal, doctors on social media, Prof Rob Howard, professional values, psychiatry, Samei Huda, Social Media

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